Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Wed, 3 Apr 2002 23:54:57 +0200 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Warn users about machines with non-working WP bit |
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Hi!
This might be good idea, as those machines are not safe for multiuser systems.
--- clean.2.5/arch/i386/mm/init.c Sun Mar 10 20:06:31 2002 +++ linux/arch/i386/mm/init.c Mon Mar 11 21:49:14 2002 @@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ local_flush_tlb(); if (!boot_cpu_data.wp_works_ok) { - printk("No.\n"); + printk("No (that's security hole).\n"); #ifdef CONFIG_X86_WP_WORKS_OK panic("This kernel doesn't support CPU's with broken WP. Recompile it for a 386!"); #endif Pavel -- (about SSSCA) "I don't say this lightly. However, I really think that the U.S. no longer is classifiable as a democracy, but rather as a plutocracy." --hpa - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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